Sep23

the scent of a candy corn.

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 Ode to Candy Corn’ Fragrance – The Official Scent of Fall

 

Candy corn season is here, and Brach’s is launching its first-ever fragrance. The official scent of fall: Ode to Candy Corn, a decadent eau de parfum that smells just like the iconic treat tastes. It captures the coziness of the season in every spray and features notes of creamy vanilla, spun sugar and honey.

A must-have for candy corn super fans, the limited-edition scent is available in 1.7 oz bottles and is perfectly paired with a bag of Classic Candy Corn. The fragrance is available for purchase for $22 at CandyCornSeason.com, while supplies last, beginning at 7 p.m. ET on September 22 – in honor of the first full day of fall.

“Candy Corn is the true marker of fall and Team Candy Corn is passionate about their fandom, so this year, Brach’s is giving them a new way to express their love for the iconic treat,” said Kelly Peyser, Director of Brach’s and Seasonal Marketing at Ferrara Candy Company. “With Ode to Candy Corn, we’ve transformed the unmistakable flavor of Brach’s Classic Candy Corn into a wearable fragrance that truly captures the sweetness, warmth and nostalgia that makes this time of year so special.”

Disclaimer: Brach’s Ode to Candy Corn eau de parfum is a fragrance product intended for external use only. Do not ingest. Flammable – keep away from heat or flame. (sounds a bit dangerous)

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‘all the candy corn that was ever made was made in 1911.’

-lewis black,  american stand-up comedian and actor

his comedy routines often escalate into rants about history, politics, religion and cultural trends

personal note:  my plan is that i’m going to opt out, buy a bag of candycorn,

 make a necklace and earrings out of them, and i can wear the scent of the season for $2.99,

bonus: i can safely ingest them and won’t have to avoid birthday candles or lit pumpkins.

 

 

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source credits: brach’s , ferrara candy company

Sep22

autumn comes and autumn leaves.

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“Autumn Leaves”, Carol Collette, Etching on Paper with Watercolor

autumn comes to us on this fine first day, september 22
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 Carol Collette was born in 1945 in Toronto, Canada, and graduated with honors from the Ontario College of Art.
She is an etcher, printmaker and painter and some of her art has been inspired by the rural beauty of New England, where she lived for some years, as well as the beauty of Hawaii, where she now resides for part of her year.
You can see more of Carol’s work here https://www.carolcollette.com/
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‘the heart of autumn must have broken here and poured its treasure upon the leaves.’
-charlotte bates
Sep21

mizzle.

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Baby cheetah in Africa by National Wildlife Photo Contest entrant Greg Cortopassi.

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it’s been mizzling for a few days straight here

not everyone is amused by being in a mizzle

but the earth loves mizzling and is smiling.

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Mountain gorillas in Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda, by National Wildlife Contest entrant Diana Rebman.

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Mizzle

Light rain; drizzle.

Origin: Dutch, 15th century

“Mizzle” is likely based on the Dutch “mieselen,” meaning “to rain gently.”

Mizzle is the lightest kind of rain, quiet and steady, keeps the grass green and the flowers bright.

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‘some people feel the rain, others just get wet. ‘

-bob marley

 

 

 

 

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source credit: word genius /photo credits: national wildlife foundation

Sep20

still life?

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lollipops, necklace, menu, glasses, application, hat, baby doll

all in one little corner

 tiny bits of life

come and go

left behind

still waiting

still life?

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‘… life, by definition, is never still.’

-kurt vonnegut

 

 

 

 

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leo’s, ann arbor, mi, usa – late summer 2026

Sep19

‘the dance is a poem of which each movement is a word.’- mata hari

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 baby ballerinas wait backstage for their moment in the sun
 

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emotions are mixed

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 at last

in the spotlight

shining bright

 one tiny dancer goes rogue

decides to solo

   sure sign

she is of my clan

  love her even more for that.

(here’s to you, grandie B)

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‘dancing is just discovery, discovery, discovery.’

~ martha graham

Sep18

‘ wonder what it’s like to be able to put your hair in a low ponytail and not look like a founding father..’ author unknown

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founding fathers working on yet another rewrite

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relaxing into having my hair cut

on a busy, bright morning

sudden burst of excitement behind me

founding father hair!

founding father hair!

founding father hair!

a stylist and her client 

 up and laughing

looking in the mirrors

taking pictures

happy and excited

after having

her very full head of hair 

put into

many many rollers

taking them all out

 it had 

 morphed into

 roll after roll of hair

an unusual style 

i’ve seen 

somewhere before

 have to admit

her hair

reminded me of

some of our early countrymen

great way to start the day

happy nod to our forefathers

some of the original influencers.

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‘“i have heard, indeed, that my predecessor (President Adams)

sometimes decided things against his council by dashing and trampling his wig on the floor.”

-Thomas Jefferson, 3rd US President (in a letter to William Short, 1807)

 

 

 

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image credits: google images

Sep17

magic and illusion.

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2 paintings by the same artist, painted 11 years apart.

Top: The Sun Sets Sail, 2001

Bottom: Toward the Horizon, 2012

Artist: Rob Gonsalves, acrylic on canvas

 

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 Gonsalves stated that the wonder of life depends on one’s point of view. His paintings suggest that magic is an essential truth of our environment, hidden just beneath the surface of ordinary things.

 

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‘art is the perpetual motion of illusion. the highest purpose of art is to inspire.’

-bob dylan

Sep16

joy doesn’t have to wait.

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this is what this library did on sunday

brilliant

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Out of School Book Fair

for Adults

Are you still chasing the feeling of your school’s annual book fair? Nostalgic for bendy pencils, scented markers, and novelty erasers? Come feel like a kid again at our Out of School Adult Book Fair!

We’ll offer free trinkets and books that bring meld nostalgia with adult interests! We’ll have games and crafts set up for a fun time together!

For adults, 18 and over

Bob Lucas Memorial Library & Literacy Center

Our library serves an ethnically-diverse community of disaster survivors, most of whom lost everything. They are well worth supporting.   –  www.altadenalibrary.org
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‘joy doesn’t have to wait until the hard stuff is over. 
it can exist in simple, ordinary moments alongside the mess.
joy isn’t a reward for overcoming pain;
it is the practice that helps us get through it.’
-lori deschene
Sep15

‘don’t let the pigeon drive the bus.’- mo willems

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bus-ku

 

great big yellow bus 

new shoes bouncing kids drivers

 joy tears school’s coming

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‘you can find poetry in your everyday life, your memory, in what people say on the bus, in the news, or just what’s in your heart.’

-carol ann duffy

Sep14

totem.

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 walking the neighborhood

  totem stands

waiting to be discovered

 neighbor’s yard

 an artist

who often

has something 

to say

with his work

 the details here

lightning bolt at the top

 red fish

dragonfly

compass rose

238 miles to manistee

in the upper peninsula

how do they connect

what is the message

art puzzle

feels to me like

an ode to our state

michigan.

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‘you must be absolutely honest and true in the depicting of a totem for meaning 

 is attached to every line. you must be most particular about detail and proportion.’

-emily carr

 

 

*Emily Carr (1871 –1945) was a Canadian artist who was inspired by the monumental art and villages of the First Nations and the landscapes of British Columbia. She was a vivid writer and chronicler of life in her surroundings, praised for her “complete candor” and “strong prose”. ‘Klee Wick’ her first book, published in 1941, won the Governor General’s Literary Award for non-fiction and this book and her other writings are still much in demand today.